of the gods" or "great among the gods", though this epithet was also applied to Inshushinak. An inscription of Hanni of Ayapir calls him risar nappirra, "greatest god". Another of his epithets might have been elume, possibly a loan from Akkadian elû ("high", "exalted"), but it is unclear if a passage in which it is attested should be interpreted as referring to the god as "Humban the Exalted", or if it instead denotes the location of his temple.

Humban's supremacy over other gods could be acknowledged